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  European Company Statute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Council Regulation on the Statute for a European Company of the European Union (adopted October 8, 2001; OJ L 294, 10 November 2001, pp.
There is no EU-wide register of SEs (an SE is registered on the national register of the member state in which it has its head office), but each registration is to be published in the official journal; as of mid-2006, at least 30 registration has been reported (see [1]).
The regulation is complemented by the Council Directive supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees (adopted October 8, 2001; OJ L 294, 10 November 2001, pp.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Company_Statute   (880 words)

  
 Cooperative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cooperatives may be generally classified as either consumer or producer cooperatives, depending largely on the mutual interest (see mutual organizations) that their membership shares.
In the European Union and in large regions of America, cooperatives, with associations, foundations and mutual funds are considered parts of the Social economy.
A housing cooperative is a legal mechanism for ownership of housing where residents either own shares (share capital co-op) reflecting their equity in the co-operative's real estate, or have membership and occupancy rights in a not-for-profit co-operative (non-share capital co-op), and they underwrite their housing through paying subscriptions or rent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cooperative   (2666 words)

  
 SCADPlus: Statute for a European Cooperative Society
These two instruments are not, however, suited to the specific features of cooperatives (independent associations of individuals voluntarily associated to satisfy their common economic, social and cultural aspirations and needs by means of a collectively-owned enterprise in which power is exerted democratically by the members).
Finally, a national cooperative operating in a different Member State from the one in which it has its registered office can be converted into a European cooperative without first having to be wound up.
This agreement shall be negotiated in a spirit of cooperation between the competent organs of the participating legal entities and the special negotiating body, in accordance with the legislation of the Member State in which the registered office of the SCE is to be situated.
europa.eu /scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l26018.htm   (2942 words)

  
 Statute for a European Cooperative Society
Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society.
A cooperative society with an establishment or subsidiary in a Member State other than that of its central administration may form an SCE by converting into SCE form, provided it can show that it is carrying on a genuine cross-border activity.
Where the proposal on the statute for a European cooperative society is concerned, the amendments relate in particular to the following aspects of such entities: designation, establishment criteria, procedures for convening general meetings, powers of general meetings, legal status and financial arrangements.
www.itcilo.it /actrav/actrav-english/telearn/global/ilo/law/eucoop.htm   (1359 words)

  
 ILC90 - Report of the Committee on the Promotion of Cooperatives
Cooperatives are in many cases enlightened in their employment policies, pioneering advanced forms of worker participation in economic decision-making and developing strong relations with trade unions.
Cooperatives emerged in the early period of very chaotic industrial capitalism as a response to the brutal exploitation of the working class, and to provide protection of their members from the harsh realities of the market.
The first is that cooperatives are enterprises that, in order to survive, must be led by people who have the creative and entrepreneurial talent to ensure that they become sustainable in order to benefit not only their members, but their workers and the greater society.
www.ilo.org /public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc90/com-cood.htm   (13044 words)

  
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The cooperative movement, if it is to accomplish the maximum of results in a minimum of time, should not be compelled to wait until a full measure of under standing of consumer cooperation dominates the thinking of the people.
The Eastern Cooperative League sponsored a similar conference for New York and vicinity in April which was at tended by representatives of 40 unions and an equal number of cooperatives.
Cooperatives are one of the effective means of distributing purchasing power by the distribution of savings (profits) to every purchaser in the form of patronage returns and interest on shares.
fax.libs.uga.edu /HD2951xC776/1f/cooperation_1939.txt   (13317 words)

  
 Report V (2) Promotion of cooperatives
The concept of cooperatives covers a wide range of situations, depending on the country in question — and this is clearly highlighted in the report — and cooperatives’ role in development varies according to whether they are in developing countries, transition countries or industrialized countries.
Cooperative organizations cannot, however, have any special status; the regulation of their activities should, as a rule, be based on equality with other business activities.
Cooperatives similar to community-based enterprises aim to develop business in communities, especially in rural areas, as a means to generate employment in the countryside.
www.ilo.org /public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc89/rep-v-2.htm   (14266 words)

  
 Setting up in the EU , Business Information Centre (BIC), Delegation of the European Commission to Thailand,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The European Economic Interest Group (EEIG) is a legal instrument governed by Community law for facilitating and encouraging trans-national cooperation between firms established in a number of Member States.
The importance to the European economy and society of co-operatives, mutual societies, associations and foundations is now receiving greater recognition at both Member State and European levels.
EU Legislation: Statute for a European Cooperative Society (es/da/de/el/en/fr/it/nl/pt/sv)
www.deltha.cec.eu.int /bic/setting_up_in_EU_legal_structure.htm   (370 words)

  
 Enterprise - Social Economy: European Statutes for cooperatives, mutuals and associations - Co-operatives
THE STATUTE FOR A EUROPEAN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (SCE)
The objective of the SCE Statute, which was adopted by the Council on 22nd July 2003, OJ of 18th August 2003 (L207), is to provide co-operatives with adequate legal instruments to facilitate their cross-border and trans-national activities.
The SCE (like all co-operatives) is a legal entity that allows its members (physical persons or legal entities) to carry out certain activities in common, while at the same time preserving their independence.
ec.europa.eu /enterprise/entrepreneurship/coop/statutes/statutes-coop.htm   (954 words)

  
 www.derossa.com
The European Parliament has voted to adopt a Report by Proinsias De Rossa, Labour MEP for Dublin, calling for workers' rights in European Cooperative Societies, which may be registered under a new European Cooperative law.
It is estimated by the European Commission that there are 130,000 Cooperatives in the European Union, with an estimated membership of 8 million.
It is estimated that cooperatives in the production and consumer areas alone have over 78 million members in the European Union.
www.derossa.com /asp/showdoc.asp?ID=234&AREA=3   (375 words)

  
 EU Law Blog: Corporations
Council the Court dismissed a claim by the European Parliament that Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of July 22nd 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE) should have been based on Article 95 EC and not on Article 308 EC.
The Commission had proposed a regulation to create a new European legal form for cooperatives called the "European cooperative society" on the basis of what was then Article 100a EEC (now, Article 95 EC)
It held that Regulation 1435/2003 leaves unchanged the different national laws already in existence and creates a new form of cooperative society in addition to the national forms.
eulaw.typepad.com /eulawblog/corporations   (517 words)

  
 European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 04-12-07
The European Commission has welcomed the political agreement by the EU's Council of Finance Ministers on a proposal to amend the EU Directive that provides for tax deferral in the case of cross-border mergers and divisions of companies, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares (90/434/EEC).
The European Commission has welcomed the adoption by the Council of a Code of Conduct to eliminate the double taxation that can arise where an EU Member State, by making a transfer pricing adjustment, increases the taxable profits of a company from its cross-border intra-group transactions.
The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of joint control of Newco, active in car rental in the Balearic islands, by French company Europcar, franchisor of car rental services and a subsidiary of Volkswagen, and by TUI AG of Germany, active in transport and tourism.
www.hri.org /news/europe/midex/2004/04-12-07.midex.html   (1022 words)

  
 European Cooperative society
HM Treasury and DTI are conducting a joint consultation on the European Cooperative Society (the “SCE”).
The SCE is a new form of cooperative which will be able to operate across the EEA on the basis of registration in one Member State.  The EC Regulation and associated legislation will come into force on 18 August 2006.
The purpose of this consultation is to seek stakeholders views on various issues including the proposed approaches to giving effect to the EC Regulation and implementing the EC Directive.
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk /consultations_and_legislation/european_cooperative_society_statute/consult_eurocoop_index.cfm   (173 words)

  
 E H A | European Hematology Association
The European Hematology Association (EHA) is a scientific society aiming to support research, education and clinical practice in hematology.
Holds an annual scientific and educational congress in a major European city; European Cooperative Groups and Networks are encouraged to take advantage of this major event to gather.
Has established a link with European National Societies of Hematology and other organizations such as the European Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation, European Association for Hematopathology, European Society of Medical Oncology, and American Society of Hematology.
www.ehaweb.org /ehaweb/about_eha   (341 words)

  
 CIDEM
At present, cooperatives that want to carry out cross-border operations are hampered within the European Union by legal and administrative difficulties.
And it is for this reason that the EU has adopted new European rules that control the role of the SCE and the participation of the workers in the company.
By a merger of two or more existing cooperatives constituted according to the legal rules of a Member State and with registered office and central administration in the EU; and at least, 2 or more of these cooperatives are controlled by legal rules of different Member States.
www.cidem.com /cidem/eng/faqs/index.jsp?faq=13   (476 words)

  
 Developments in European Works Councils
The most authoritative figures are those compiled by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), which estimates that the number of companies which fall within the scope of the EWCs Directive rose from 1,865 in 2002 to 2,169 in 2004 (European Works Councils Database 2004, P Kerckhofs and I Pas, ETUI).
In April 2004, the European Commission launched long-awaited consultations with EU-level employer and trade union bodies about 'how best to ensure that the potential of EWCs to promote constructive and fruitful transnational social dialogue' can be 'fully realised', including the possible revision of the EWCs Directive (EU0405203F).
This is not surprising, given that the European Commission’s consultations with the social partners are still at a fairly early stage, and that EU Member States do not need to address the issue of revision unless or until the Commission adopts a formal legislative proposal for amending the Directive.
www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int /2004/11/study/tn0411101s.html   (8531 words)

  
 Single Market News - European Company Statute
The creation of the Group forms part of the Commission's continuing efforts to break the deadlock in the Council over the issue of worker involvement, primarily in relation to the European Company Statute ("ECS") but also in the context of the Statutes for a European association, a European mutual society and a European cooperative society.
This initiative has been taken in response to the request for acceleration of work on the ECS by the Florence European Council last year, and in the light of continuing pressure from businesses and UNICE for the adoption of the ECS.
Encouraged by the adoption of the EWC Directive to make a concerted effort to break the impasse over the worker involvement issue, the Commission took the initiative in November 1995 of issuing its Communication on the information and consultation of workers.
ec.europa.eu /internal_market/smn/smn06/s6mn11.htm   (748 words)

  
 European Union Legislation, Contents of the issue No. 06/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Liberalisation of the visa regulations determining the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of the Member States: The case of Bulgaria and Romania
The European Documentation Centre of the Institute of International Politics and Economics
www.diplomacy.bg.ac.yu /e_zakon_06_03.htm   (383 words)

  
 House of Commons - European Scrutiny - Sixteenth Report
10.1 There are 140 million individual members of cooperatives and at least 300,000 cooperatives, providing 2.3 million jobs, in the 37 countries of the International Co-operative Alliance's ICA Europe region.
promoting the cooperative enterprise style and ensuring an accurate understanding of the sector, touching on such matters as education and training, support services and access to finance and workers' cooperatives;
10.6 This Communication usefully sets out the Commission's view of the role of cooperatives in the Community in the coming years and what it intends to do in support of the cooperative movement.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmeuleg/42-xvi/4213.htm   (284 words)

  
 COPAC Home Page - www.copacgva.org / www.copac.coop
COPAC is a successful and on-going partnership between representatives of the cooperative movement, farmers´ organizations, cooperative development agencies, and the United Nations and its agencies.
Members work together on equal terms to promote and coordinate sustainable cooperative development through policy dialogues, technical cooperation and information, and concrete collaborative activities.
Joint ICA-ILO Statement: "Cooperating out of Poverty to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by empowering the poorest of the poor"
www.copac.coop   (252 words)

  
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Cooperation on active ageing (Cast1), equal opportunities (Cast2), on diversities (Cast3), exploitation of synergies (CAST4)
CAST is a European Cooperative Society being formed to provide structured resourceful collaborations between citizen typecasts (e.g.
SUBJECT : Supportive actions for enabling, documenting, Informing and Forming of European Cooperative Society (SCE) legal forms instrument applied to Research and Technologic Development of the Information Society Technologies.
eucast.net   (665 words)

  
 Article - Deloitte
Update the list of companies eligible to benefit from tax deferral by including specified legal entities, including the European company and the European Cooperative Society, as well as mutual funds and savings banks;
Provide for a new tax neutral regime for the transfer of the registered office of a European Company or European Cooperative Society between Member States;
European Commission press release nr IP/03/1418, October 20, 2003, (http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/whatsnew.htm)
www.deloitte.com /dtt/article/0,1002,sid=4786&cid=28388,00.html   (347 words)

  
 Accelerating the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The European Commission has welcomed the adoption by the EU's Council of Finance Ministers of a proposal to amend the EU Directive that provides for tax deferral in the case of cross-border mergers and divisions of companies, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares (90/434/EEC).
The new list includes the European Company that became available for use as a corporate structure in October 2004 and the European Co-operative Society that will become available from 2006.
· Provided certain conditions are met, the transfer of the registered office of a European Company or of a European Co-operative Society from one
www.delmlt.cec.eu.int /press_highlights/company.taxation.agreement.on.imporvements.to.merges.directive.htm   (455 words)

  
 Cooperative Conservation
In keeping with the President’s vision for cooperative conservation, we welcome your thoughts, comments and ideas on how to improve our proposed legislation.
You may submit ideas and comments through contact us.
Sign up for free e-mail updates on successes,coming events, projects, and resources.
www.cooperativeconservation.gov   (177 words)

  
 GEO::Grassroots Economic Organizing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
If the U.S. had a national association of worker coopera-tives, it would be invited to join a new North and South American regional federation of such groups, says Bruno Roelants, development coordinator for CICOPA.
It is a specialized group within the main world body for cooperatives of all kinds, the International Cooperative Alliance.
Roelants wanted to know about worker co-ops in the U.S. and was enthusiastic about news of West coast and East coast conferences.
www.geo.coop /global2.htm   (227 words)

  
 Table of contents for The harmonization of civil and commercial law
A Single European Market in Investment Services 10.4.
Draft Regulations for the European Mutual Society and the European Association Bibliography Chapter IV Chapter V: Industrial and Commercial Property Rights 1.
The European Patent and the Community Patent 4.
www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005023705.html   (604 words)

  
 American Society of Agronomy (ASA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The publication contains the symposium's program, 43 presentations, 53 posters, and the results of three breakout sessions.
The European Society for Agronomy and ASA-CSSA-SSSA have established a cooperative relationship to encourage mutual activities and cooperative member participation.
Reach 3,000+ professionals and students in the agronomic, crop and soil sciences at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, scheduled for Nov. 12-16 in Indianapolis, Ind. Booth spaces fill up fast, so contact us today to reserve your spot!
www.agronomy.org   (204 words)

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